Opinion: My community is sizzling to a crisp
What is a 'heat dome'? 01:10 (CNN)On Monday in Spokane, Washington, my daughter and I started an experiment: we fried eggs in a pan resting on our driveway pavement, where the temperature outside was a historic 105 degrees. Kari Nixon Three days after her 6th birthday, she is experiencing heat more intense in her hometown -- a city just over two hours from the Canadian border -- than I ever encountered in decades of living in Texas. A heat dome has landed in the Pacific Northwest, bringing with it record-breaking highs. Before we could finish recording our experiment, my phone shut down f...
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